A methionine synthase homolog is associated with secretory vesicles in tobacco pollen tubes

Planta

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 776-789

  Moscatelli, Alessandra ^a   Scali, Monica ^b   Prescianotto Baschong, Cristina ^c   Ferro, Myriam ^d   Garin, Jerome ^d   Vignani, Rita ^b   Ciampolini, Fabrizio ^b   Cresti, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Methionine synthase; Microtubules; Nicotiana tabacum; Pollen tube; Secretory vesicles

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIGENS; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLYPEPTIDES; TOBACCO;

METHIONINE SYNTHASE; MICROTUBULES; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POLLEN TUBES; SECRETORY VESICLES;

ENZYMES;

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLLEN; SECRETORY VESICLE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; SECRETORY VESICLES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACIDS; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; PEPTIDES; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 23944505004     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-1487-7     Document Type: Article

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